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- The study aimed to measure urinary levels of nephrin and podocalyxin in adult nephrotic syndrome (NS) patients, standardizing these levels by aquaporin (AQP)-2 using the ELISA method.
- Involved 107 NS patients and 11 healthy controls, showing that both nephrin and podocalyxin levels were higher in NS patients, particularly in those with focal segmental glomerular sclerosis (FSGS).
- The findings suggest that measuring urinary podocalyxin/AQP may be more effective than nephrin/AQP for distinguishing between types of nephrotic syndrome, with FSGS patients exhibiting the highest levels.
Article Abstract
Objective: To investigate urinary nephrin and podocalyxin standardized by aquaporin (AQP)-2 using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method in adult nephrotic syndrome (NS) patients.
Methods: In 107 adult NS patients (27 proliferative nephritis, 77 non-proliferative, and 3 amyloidosis) undergoing renal biopsy, urinary nephrin, podocalyxin and AQP2 were measured by ELISA. Urinary nephrin and podocalyxin were standardized by AQP2 (neph/AQP and PCX/AQP) and values were compared with 11 healthy controls.
Results: Urinary neph/AQP correlated positively to PCX/AQP (r = 0.51, p < 0.001). Urinary neph/AQP and PCX/AQP were lower in controls than NS patients. Both proliferative and non-proliferative NS patients excreted high urinary neph/AQP and PCX/AQP without a significant difference between them (p > 0.05). Patients with focal segmental glomerular sclerosis (FSGS) excreted higher urinary neph/AQP (p = 0.09) and PCX/AQP (p < 0.05) compared to the other patients. Urinary neph/AQP and PCX/AQP were increased in the immunoglobulin M nephropathy patients. Amyloidosis patients excreted lower neph/AQP and PCX/AQP. The sensitivity was 0.87 and specificity 0.37 when the neph/AQP borderline value of 0.16 was adopted [area under the curve (AUC) = 0.61]. The sensitivity was 0.74 and specificity 0.61 when the PCX/AQP borderline value was 3.06 (AUC = 0.69).
Conclusions: Urinary neph/AQP and PCX/AQP are increased in NS patients, with FSGS patients showing the highest levels. To distinguish FSGS from other NS forms, the measurement of urinary PCX/AQP may be a practical method, and superior to neph/AQP.
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